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There's another part of the story no one has commented on yet:

(Cegon) said he won't keep a gun in his home anymore.

"I never had one. I never hunted. I never wanted one," he said, as Simons held his hand.

The guy's going through a rough time. He's never owned a gun; he borrowed one for two weeks and had to kill a man. I hope with time he can come to accept that the gun was not a bad thing, and that it saved his life and his girlfriend's, and possibly that of her two year old son.

After all:

"We didn't want any problems with him," Cegon said. "I didn't do it. He did it to himself."

Kevin

txinvestigator wrote:In Texas that would guarantee Cegon a trip to the Pen.

I doubt it.

The BG was on the floor with the pistol he was carrying when he broke into the home and smashed down the bedroom door; he was alive and alert enough to speak, and could certainly be perceived as a continued threat.

Cegon said "I didn't want him to get up again." I wouldn't either. His very recent history demonstrated his intent and ability to kill everyone in the house. Were it me, I'd do as Cegon did: shoot until he was completely incapacitated.

I'd be very surprised if 99% of Texas DAs would push for an indictment in an identical shooting. I'd be even more surprised if a jury would convict. If there's ever been a clear case of "He needed killin', yer honor!", this was it.

Kevin

From the article:

"You killed me," the couple recall Richter saying.

Cegon squeezed the trigger again.

"I shot him again to make sure he didn't get up," Cegon said.

I like it: "You killed me!" "Well, maybe, but just in case I didn't... " *boom*